Jamal al-Khudari, an independent lawmaker and the chairman of the Popular Committee to challenge the Israeli siege, said in a press statement that the visit of Ban to Gaza "dissatisfied the 1. 5 million Palestinians who are cheap designer bags waiting for an immediate real end of the Israeli siege."

"The people here are waiting for more than what he had just said in order to change their awful reality and end the siege. His statements didn't cool down the people," al-Khudari said, adding " he (Ban) didn't even refer to the homeless people who lost their dwelling after the war."

"The Israeli government agreed to allow construction materials to finalize the UN housing project which started three years ago to wholesale designer bags house 150 families that had their homes destroyed during previous Israeli army raids on southern Gaza Strip," said Ban.